Bustle



(No Model.) R 'E HODSON` BUSTLE.

No. 329,042. Patented oct. 27, .1885.

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EMMA E.HoDsoN, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

BUSTLE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 329,042. dated October 27, 1885.

Application iled April 28, 1885. Serial No. 163,750. (No model.)

To all whom it may concer-1t:

Be it known that I, EMMA E. HoDsoN, a citizen of the United States, residing at Chicago, in the county of Cook and State of Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Bustles; and Ido hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description'of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

My invention relates to that class of bustles which are provided with pockets or rolls stuffed with hair. Bustles of this class have been heretofore made in which one or more pockets or rolls are attached together by a iiap or edge on one side of the roll or pocket somewhat in the manner in which the leaves of a book are secured therein, the said pockets or rolls having also divisionsor partitions therein at right angles to the length thereof; and, further, bustles of this class have been made in which the rolls forming pockets are built into and form a part of the body or base and are an integral part of the bustle or fabric in which the same are made or used.

The shape, form, and configuration given to the drapery of the person wearing bustles or other fabrics made in the manner just described depends entirely upon the shape of the pattern used in cutting the material for the said pockets, rolls, or fabrics containing the same, and the manner in which the said patterns are laid upon the cloth or other material used in the making of the same, and no satisfactory results have been attained in the configuration given in the drapery of theperson wearing the bustle or other fabric or in the comfort and ease with which the same is thus worn. d

The object of this invention is to provide a bustle which will not be open to the objections above noted; and to that end the invention consists in constructions and combinations, all as will be hereinafter described, and pointed out in the claims, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure 1 represents a perspective of my improved bustle, and Fig. 2 a vertical section of the same.

Like letters refer to like parts throughout the several views.

A represents the bustle, and B the waistband, which may be of the usual form, if desired. The bustle A is composed of the rolls a, a', and a2, and the back a3, to which the rolls are separately attached.

Ihe rolls are approximately circular in cross-section, and the completed bustle is crescent-shaped in appearance, the rolls being of different sizes. The roll a is the smallest, and presents its lower and outer surface to and rests upon or nearly upon the upper and inner surface of c. Each of the rolls is provided with flaps c4 and c5, by means of which it is attached to base c3. The ends a6 of the rolls are on substantially the same plane and in such a position that the belt B will cover the said ends and present a finished appearance. This is accomplished by doubling or folding the belt lengthwise and securing the fold b upon the inner end or side of the bustle and the fold b upon the outer side of the bustle. That part of the belt extending beyond the bustle may be sewed together to present the appearance of a single thickness.

By reference to the drawings it will be observed that back a3 forms a foundation to which said rolls may be attached by means of iiaps c* and a5, and any desired curve may thus readily be given to the upper side or surface of rolls a a2, the back r1.3 being a compara- .tively flat surface and holding said rolls in` position.

By this construction I am able to present an outer surface to the bustle which will support the apparel in a proper and becoming DIZIIUDGF.

Having described my invention, I claim as new- As a new article of manufacture, a bustle having a base extending underneath a series of rolls separately attached thereto by means or flaps on said rolls, with the ends of said rolls in the same plane, or nearly so, and covered or bound into a belt, together with said base, all combined substantially as described, and for the purpose set forth.

EMMA E. HODSON.

Witnesses:

L. M. FREEMAN, J. P. DoNALsoN. 

